Letters

To The Editor: My suggestion for selection of Supreme Court justices: 1) The “primary” election would be the selection of the top three candidates from the applicants for that office by registered members of the State Bar. 2) The “general” ...

February 5, 2001Comments Off on 'Alternative' View Of Gov't Immunity Offered

To The Editor: I read with interest “Highway Exception To Government Immunity Applied Prospectively” in the Jan. 22, 2001 edition of Michigan Lawyers Weekly. I thought, perhaps, you would like an alternative view. To that end, I have enclosed my ...

To The Editor: A recent letter published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly is an example of attorneys who assume they are “scholarly” and that anyone who disagrees with their elitist positions must be unintelligent. (See, “‘Vitriolic Diatribes’ Aren’t Necessary,” Letters, Jan. ...

January 29, 2001Comments Off on Justices Should Run On Partisan Ballot

To The Editor: Many eloquent and thoughtful letters have been published exposing the problems with the present system of selecting and retaining Michigan Supreme Court justices. (See, “Judicial Appointments: A ‘Dirty Little Secret’?” Letters, Jan. 8, 2001; “CJ Weaver Calls ...

To The Editor: In your Jan. 15, 2001 article “Litigants Ignored Scheduling Order, Most Experts Excluded,” Judge Kolenda has made his point that his orders must not be ignored. However, the party ultimately adversely affected is the innocent plaintiff. The ...

January 15, 2001Comments Off on Judicial Reform — Real Need For Improvement?

To The Editor: The proposal by [former] Chief Justice Elizabeth Weaver for the governor to appoint justices to the Michigan Supreme Court, subject to Senate confirmation, may have some merit. (See, “CJ Weaver Calls For New Method To Pick Justices,” ...

To The Editor: Judge Viviano has amused the readers of Michigan Lawyers Weekly with two editorials on the ability to think. (See, “Recent Letters Are ‘Abject Nonsense’,” Dec. 4, 2000.) I would be suspicious of any “great thinker” who firmly ...

January 8, 2001Comments Off on Judicial Appointments: A 'Dirty Little Secret'?

To The Editor: Chief Justice Weaver asks, “Why do we need to elect justices at all?” (See, “CJ Weaver Calls For New Method To Pick Justices,” Dec. 18, 2000.) Here are three reasons. 1. To assure more competent justices. In ...